The Enlightenment in Europe

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The Enlightenment Age of Reason Thomas Hobbs Social Contract Natural Rights Philosophes John Locke Voltaire An agreement people make with government life, liberty, and property French thinkers Ideas founded on the Scientific Revolution Freedom of thought and expression Jean Jacques Rousseau Women's Equality In favor of human freedom Importance of an individual Against abuses of justice Influenced the American and French Revolutions Religious freedom Abolishment of torture Beccaria Idea of progress Mary Wollstonecraft Idea Thinker 1.Natural rights – life, liberty, property Locke2.Separation of powers Montesquieu3.Freedom of thought and expression Voltaire4.Abolishment of torture Beccaria5.Religious freedom Voltaire 6.Women’s equality Wollstonecraft